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Water-borne coating for metal surfaces

Assignee: Henkel Corp
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Filing: 1978-06-26
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Granted: 1980-11-11
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Expires: 1998-06-26
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Abstract

Abstract Aqueous compositions are employed to form a protective coating on metal surfaces, in particular, ferrous or tin surfaces, and are especially useful for the coating of blackplate or tin-plated cans. The compositions contain, in the form of an aqueous emulsion, an epoxy resin, an alkylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, an acid catalyst, a block copolymer of ethylene oxide and propylene oxide and water. The composition is applied to a clean metal surface by any conventional technique and oven-cured to provide a protective, paint-receptive coating.

Inventors

  • 👤 John K. Howell, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 20:17
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D163/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31529; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31688

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 208 words
An aqueous composition suitable for use in forming a protective coating on a metal surface, comprising: (a) an epoxy resin having an average molecular weight of about 900 to 2,900 and about 2.7 to 11.6 hydroxyl equivalents per mole; (b) melamine-formaldehyde resin alkylated with at least one alcohol of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms in a weight ratio of epoxy resin:melamine-formaldehyde resin of from 2:1 to 20:1; (c) an acid catalyst which is an ammonium salt of an anion of the formula: R--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m SO.sub.3.sup.- wherein R is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of at least 10 carbon atoms and containing a saturated alkyl portion and m is in the range of about 4 to 30 in an amount sufficient to effect cross linking of the epoxy resin and melamine-formaldehyde resin; (d) a block copolymer of general formula ##STR3## having an HLB in excess of 22 and a molecular weight in the range of about 5,000 to 14,000 in an amount of about 2 to 12 wt. % of the total of the epoxy and melamine-formaldehyde resin; and (e) water, the balance, wherein the total of the components (a), (b), (c) and (d) concentrations ranges from 5 to 85 wt. % of the aqueous composition.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 208 words
An aqueous composition suitable for use in forming a protective coating on a metal surface, comprising: (a) an epoxy resin having an average molecular weight of about 900 to 2,900 and about 2.7 to 11.6 hydroxyl equivalents per mole; (b) melamine-formaldehyde resin alkylated with at least one alcohol of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms in a weight ratio of epoxy resin:melamine-formaldehyde resin of from 2:1 to 20:1; (c) an acid catalyst which is an ammonium salt of an anion of the formula: R--O--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 O).sub.m SO.sub.3.sup.- wherein R is an alkyl or alkyl aryl group of at least 10 carbon atoms and containing a saturated alkyl portion and m is in the range of about 4 to 30 in an amount sufficient to effect cross linking of the epoxy resin and melamine-formaldehyde resin; (d) a block copolymer of general formula ##STR3## having an HLB in excess of 22 and a molecular weight in the range of about 5,000 to 14,000 in an amount of about 2 to 12 wt. % of the total of the epoxy and melamine-formaldehyde resin; and (e) water, the balance, wherein the total of the components (a), (b), (c) and (d) concentrations ranges from 5 to 85 wt. % of the aqueous composition.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 25 words
The composition of claim 1 containing benzoic acid or a salt thereof in an amount sufficient to inhibit rusting of the metal surface upon drying.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the block copolymer has an HLB of at least about 29 and wherein the value of b is about 30 and the sum of a plus c is about 150.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 24 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein the total concentration of (a), (b), (c) and (d) is not in excess of about 60 wt. %.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
The composition of claim 4 wherein the total concentration of (a), (b), (c) and (d) is from about 12 to 40 wt. %.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 15 words
The composition of claim 1 exhibiting a pH value of from 4.5 to about 81/2.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
The composition of claim 1 containing an ammonium salt of phosphoric acid in an amount sufficient to increase the phase stability of the composition.

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